About the Card
English Name(s)
The Eight of Batons or Wands
Correspondences
- Grand Etteilla: Cards Number 28 and 34
- Petit Etteilla: Eight of Diamonds
Image Description
Two sets of four batons are arranged diagonally so that they cross each other in an X shape, formed an interlocking diamond pattern in the center of the card. The main colors of the batons are dark red and green, brown, white, and black, and each is topped by a black diamond.
Meanings
Upright
Countryside, land, agriculture, farming, cultivation, tillage, properties, building, farm, sheepfold, garden, orchard, pasture, meadow, woods, grove, thicket, shade, forest, pleasure, entertainment, amusement, pastime, recreation, merrymaking, peace, calm tranquility, innocence, rural or pastoral life.
Reversed
Grief, sadness, affliction, displeasure, pain, desolation, hopelessness, bleakness, mortification, mood, spirits, tantrum, melancholy, vapors, somber ideas.